Title 24 — CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PAROLE
22 chapters · 335 sections in this title.
SDCL § 24-1-1 Correctional facilities of the state--Security level designation by secretary of corrections
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The South Dakota State Penitentiary, Mike Durfee State Prison, South Dakota Women's Prison, Jameson Prison, Pierre Minimum Center, Rapid City Minimum Center, Yankton Minimum Center, and Sioux Falls Minimum Center are the correctional facilities of this state for the punishment an…
SDCL § 24-1-10 Repealed by SL 1979, ch 161 , § 12 24-1-11 Secretary of corrections as general supervisor of other officers--Standards of personal conduct for officers and employees--Promulgation of rules
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24-1-12 Service of process within correctional facility--Officers exempt from jury duty. 24-1-13 Secretary of corrections as custodian of all correctional facility property. 24-1-14 24-1-14 , 24-1-15. Repealed by SL 1979, ch 161 , § 12 24-1-16 Correctional facility purchases. 24-…
SDCL § 24-1-11 Secretary of corrections as general supervisor of other officers--Standards of personal conduct for officers and employees--Promulgation of rules
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All officers and persons employed by the Department of Corrections shall perform such duties as may be required of them by the secretary, in conformity with law and the rules, policies and procedures of the department. The Department of Corrections may promulgate rules pursuant t…
SDCL § 24-1-12 Service of process within correctional facility--Officers exempt from jury duty
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All process served within the precincts of a state correctional facility, either upon an inmate or upon a person or officer employed within the precincts thereof, except upon the warden, must be served and returned by the warden, personally or by a designee. All officers and empl…
SDCL § 24-1-13 Secretary of corrections as custodian of all correctional facility property
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The secretary of corrections shall have charge and custody of each state correctional facility, with all lands, buildings, furniture, tools, equipment, implements, stock and provisions, and all other property pertaining thereto or within the precincts thereof. Source: SDC 1939, §…
SDCL § 24-1-16 Correctional facility purchases
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The secretary of corrections may make any purchase for a state correctional facility on such conditions and in such manner as in the warden's opinion best promotes the interest of the state. Source: SDC 1939, § 13.4711; SL 2004, ch 168 , § 3; SL 2023, ch 82 , § 57. 24-1-17 to 24-…
SDCL § 24-1-25 Department of Corrections employees prohibited from having interest in department contracts or business
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No person employed by the Department of Corrections may have any pecuniary interest in any contract or business conducted by the department. Source: SDC 1939, § 13.4710; SL 1989, ch 20 , § 76; SL 2023, ch 82 , § 58.
SDCL § 24-1-26 Department of Corrections employees prohibited from involvement in procuring clemencies
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No person employed by the Department of Corrections may engage in procuring clemency for any inmate confined therein, except as provided for in §
SDCL § 24-1-26.1 Sexual acts prohibited between prison employees and prisoners--Felony
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Any person, employed by the state, or employed within any state prison or other detention facility, who knowingly engages in an act of sexual penetration, as defined in § 22-22-2 , or sexual contact, as defined in § 22-22-7.1 , with another person who is in detention and under th…
SDCL § 24-1-27 Disposition of a dead inmate--Notice to next of kin
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Upon notification of the death of any inmate who has not been released on parole or suspended sentence, an official of the Department of Corrections shall contact the county coroner, who shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of chapter 23-14 . A department official shal…
SDCL § 24-1-32 SDCL 24-1-32
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Repealed by SL 1975, ch 176 , § 5 24-1-33
SDCL § 24-1-33 SDCL 24-1-33
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Repealed by SL 1989, ch 20 , § 83 24-1-34
SDCL § 24-1-34 Repealed by SL 1982, ch 188 , § 6 24-1-35 Contract with local jail for custody and care of prisoners
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24-1-36 Notice to sentencing judge of inmate's change of status. 24-1-37 Prison facility--Restriction--Detention of certain noncitizens.
SDCL § 24-1-35 Contract with local jail for custody and care of prisoners
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The Department of Corrections may contract with any local jail in the state for the custody and care of any prisoner committed to a state correctional facility at a rate to be negotiated by the secretary of corrections. Source: SL 1989, ch 192 , § 2; SL 2023, ch 82 , § 61.
SDCL § 24-1-36 Notice to sentencing judge of inmate's change of status
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The sentencing judge may request to be notified by the Department of Corrections if an inmate who was convicted of committing a crime escapes, is released from prison, is placed on furlough or work release pursuant to chapter 24-8 , is returned from escape, or is removed from wor…
SDCL § 24-1-37 Prison facility--Restriction--Detention of certain noncitizens
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The prison facility authorized by SL 2025 (1st SS), ch 1, may not be used for the temporary detention of non-adjudicated noncitizens who are being actively deported by the Department of Homeland Security. Source: SL 2025 (1st SS), ch 1 , § 11, eff. Sep. 23, 2025.
SDCL § 24-1-4 Government of correctional facilities by Department of Corrections
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Each state correctional facility and its ancillary facilities is under the direction and government of the Department of Corrections. Source: SDC 1939, § 13.4703; SL 1989, ch 20 , § 69; SL 2023, ch 82 , § 51. 24-1-5. Repealed by SL 1989, ch 20 , § 70
SDCL § 24-1-5 Repealed by SL 1989, ch 20 , § 70 24-1-6 Appointment and removal of wardens
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SDCL § 24-1-6 Appointment and removal of wardens
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The secretary of corrections shall appoint a warden for each correctional facility under the direction and government of the department. The secretary may remove a warden at the secretary's discretion. Source: SDC 1939, § 13.4704; SL 1945, ch 45 ; SL 1951, ch 39 ; SL 1953, ch 37 …
SDCL § 24-1-7 Repealed by SL 1979, ch 161 , § 12 24-1-8 Salary of wardens
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SDCL § 24-1-8 Salary of wardens
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The secretary of corrections shall fix a salary for the warden of each correction facility, any part of which may be paid out of the prison industries revolving fund. Source: SDC 1939, § 13.4704; SL 1945, ch 45 ; SL 1951, ch 39 ; SL 1953, ch 37 ; SL 1961, ch 43 ; SL 1979, ch 161 …
SDCL § 24-1-9 SDCL 24-1-9
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Repealed by SL 1989, ch 20 , § 73 24-1-10